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En effet, la pirogue a chaviré non loin du Beach de Luozi dans le Bas-Congo, suite à la surcharge qui a compliqué sans doute les manœuvres d’accostage, tuant ainsi 14 personnes et 3 rescapés.

Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Thursday that Britain would be resolute against violent extremism following the gruesome murder of a soldier by two suspected Islamists on a London street.

Les chefs d’établissements scolaires de Lubumbashi au Katanga, ont été appelés au respect des instructions du gouvernement provincial interdisant le renvoi des élèves pour non paiement des frais scolaires.

Selon la source, il est reproché à ces trois magistrats d’avoir tabassé le 31 décembre 2012, le chef de bureau du parquet secondaire de Sakania au Katanga qui tentait de les empêcher l’exécution d’un mandat d’amener vers 19 heures.

Selon l’OVD, la détérioration de l’avenue de l’Université à Kinshasa est principalement due à l’obstruction des canalisations d’eau causée par la population.

En effet, les canaux d’adduction d’eau de la REGIDESO /Kintambo sont entrain d’être réhabilité par la société chinoise depuis quelques semaines déjà.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch authorities have arrested the head of a meat trading company at the centre of a horsemeat scandal that prompted a massive recall of tainted beef products, the public prosecutor's office said on Thursday. Willy Selten, the owner of meat wholesaler Willy Selten BV, was detained on suspicion of fraud and forgery for his alleged involvement in false labelling of meat products. ...

By Leigh Thomas and Jason Lange PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The European Central Bank is looking into expanding its range of policy tools, while the U.S. central bank is mulling scaling back its support measures, highlighting the contrasting fortunes between the world's two biggest economic blocs. ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet said late on Wednesday that the central bank could try new policies if needed to battle deflation risks, adding that the central bank was also weighing measures to encourage more lending in the euro zone. ...

By Angel Krasimirov SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's largest party GERB declined on Thursday to try to form a new government, opening the way for the rival Socialists to put together a technocrat administration and end a political impasse. The centre-right GERB won most seats in a May 12 election in the European Union's poorest country but cannot command a majority, as other parties are shunning it after its resignation during protests against low living standards in February. ...

Mardi 14 mai 2013, 1a salle des Promotions de l’UPN avait affiché complet, à cela s’ajoutait la présence du Recteur et des délégués de la mission américaine, pour écouter sémillant orateur Bangakya.

By John O'Donnell BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's top regulatory official is seeking to force large companies to disclose how much tax they pay in each country where they operate, a measure some politicians say could curb tax avoidance. Michel Barnier, the European commissioner in charge of drafting business regulation, said in a speech in Amsterdam that rules which will force banks to report their profits, taxes and subsidies by country from 2015 should be extended to cover other companies. "We will expand these reporting obligations to large companies and groups," he said on Thursday. ...

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian opposition leader urged President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday to hand power to his deputy or his prime minister and then go abroad with 500 members of his entourage, without immunity from prosecution. Assad is likely to reject or ignore the 16-point peace plan proposed by Moaz Alkhatib, who resigned as head of the Western-backed opposition National Coalition in March, particularly given recent military gains by his forces against rebels. ...

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov backed down on Thursday from his order to revoke the official accreditation of a dozen local reporters after they displayed slogans at a cabinet meeting to protest against an attack on two colleagues. The dour 65-year-old reacted sharply on Wednesday when the reporters displayed slogans demanding an investigation into the beating of two reporters at a political rally last Saturday. ...

LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - Europe must prioritise creating jobs and hope for its youth, French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday at an event in Germany celebrating the 150th anniversary of the German opposition Social Democrat (SPD) party. "Europe has been able to overcome financial instability, it has proven that no European member state would be left alone in difficult times," the Socialist president told German and European leaders gathered at an event in Leipzig in formerly communist eastern Germany. ...

By Catherine Bremer PARIS (Reuters) - Christine Lagarde has made her mark as International Monetary Fund chief by taking a firm yet pragmatic stance in the austerity-versus-growth debate raging as Europe struggles to pull itself out of a long crisis. Lagarde, who was quizzed by a Paris magistrate on Thursday over a 2007 arbitration payment she made as French finance minister to settle a spat between the state and a businessman, was appointed IMF head in June 2011. ...

By Maya Dyakina MOSCOW (Reuters) - Just last year Russia's government reimposed a rule meant to restrain spending and borrowing and channel substantial amounts of the country's energy revenues into its wealth fund. But the economy is weakening and budget discipline is already slipping. Finance Minister Anton Siluanov's inability to hold the line, in contrast to his predecessor Alexei Kudrin, does not spell immediate disaster for Russia, which is running a small fiscal deficit and has minimal debts. ...

Longer-term commitment to renewable energy will pay off for ministers unless the world rejects emissions reduction efforts completely, government advisers have found.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Thursday for a bomb that killed 11 security personnel and two civilians in the southwestern city of Quetta. Sixteen people were wounded in the attack in the capital of Baluchistan province, and the death toll could rise, police said. The bomb was planted in a three-wheeled auto-rickshaw and blew up as a truck carrying the security men passed by. "We proudly claim responsibility for Thursday's blast in Quetta and the target was local police. ...

David Cameron quashed rumours of a possible revival of the snoopers' charter today, after he told reporters there would be no "knee-jerk" response to the suspected terror attack in Woolwich.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran's expansion of sensitive nuclear activity breaks United Nations resolutions and increases concerns about whether its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful, the European Union said on Thursday. A U.N. nuclear agency report released on Wednesday showed Iran was expanding nuclear activities, in clear violation of resolutions of both the U.N. Security Council and of the board of the world body's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the EU said. ...